Tshwane residents urged to buy electricity before the long weekend
The City of Tshwane has urged residents to be aware of the Internet downtime for the City's internet-related services.
This follows after the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) informed the City that it will upgrade the electrical infrastructure at its hosting data centre in Centurion.
Tshwane spokesperson Lindela Mashigo says the upgrade of the City's system is set to take place from Thursday afternoon until Sunday.
"During the upgrade process, electricity supply to the whole SITA data centre will be shut down.
"This interruption will also affect the City’s own network and server equipment, which are situated inside the SITA hosting facility.
"To safeguard the City’s equipment from potential harm, all Tshwane hosted equipment will be turned off in advance."
Mashigo adds that some internet-related services will be interrupted.
"Some services might be restored by Saturday afternoon, depending on SITA's progress.
"During this down time, the following City of Tshwane internet-related services will be interrupted such as the Telephone line 012 358 9999 or 080 111 556, Internet access, External email delivery, City of Tshwane public hosted websites, Electricity vending, all other City of Tshwane solutions that are internet-dependent, Customer Servicing email addresses and Social Media channels enquiries (X & Facebook)"
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